Jack's crew letting Walt go was a fatal mistake. The same mistake was made by Gus when he let Walt live after taking him to the desert with a bag over his head. The same mistake was made by Don Eladio when he let Gus live after killing Max. Even further back, the same mistake was made by Mike when he was a cop and let the wife beater live, who eventually returned to kill the wife. "No more Half-Measures" as Mike said.

Meh.. everyone's going bonkers over these two scenes. Sure, it was intentional.. but I just don't see what all the hoppla is all about. So they shot two difference scenes from the exact same angle with the knives, and in the second scene, she choose a knife instead of the phone. OMG, THAT'S SO FREAKING BRILLIANT!!!

Marie wasn't giving her a choice. If Skylar didn't tell Flynn, she (Marie) was going to do it. Now, in retrospect, that may have been better, because Flynn might well have been less likely to accept Marie's news, as surely even he knows that she blows things out of proportion etc. Skylar could have just sat there and said "I have no idea what she's talking about".

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The problem, though, is that if Marie was right about Walt being in custody, Flynn would find out the truth anyway, and on top of that know that his mother had blatantly lied to him. So Skylar had to decide if she was willing to take that chance, and she decided that Marie sounded believable enough that it wasn't worth lying about it anymore.

I still wouldn't call that action "breaking bad". Yes, he lied, but that's FAR from "breaking bad"...

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It's certainly not a "Walt let Jane die" turning point level of "breaking bad". But from a "lost his innocence" perspective, I think it was.

The phone call wasn't Walt Jr. freaking out and saying, "Oh God! Oh God! My dad was trying to get us to leave! And then he got into a fight with my mom! And there was a knife! And I think he killed my uncle! Help! Please!" It was a much more calculated call.

Walt had driven that road at least a few times in the past and he seemed to head in a particular direction so I go with that he knew there was a house.

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When he showed up, he had money in his jacket so he wouldn't have to open the barrel and expose the fact that it was full of even more money. So I'm fairly certain he knew or strongly suspected that there was a house out there, and prepared himself accordingly.

I forgot all about Huell--someone was left there to guard him, right? Did that person know anything?

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I don't think so, but hopefully the guard hears aboud Hank and Gomez's deaths, and then checks in with the office. Otherwise, the last scene of Breaking Bad might be Huell sitting in the room yelling, "Hello? Hello? Is anybody out there? Is it safe? Can I leave now?"

Just rewatched. Marie couldn't hear the phone call. She saw Skylar's face after she asked about Hank, and Walt said "you're never going to see Hank again." Marie didn't hear Walt but Skylar's reaction was all she needed.

I half expected that house in the desert to be the same house the cousins changed clothes in when they first came into the US (and left their fancy car - that would have been something!).

If it was your $11million, would you leave it in the car? Perhaps Walt saw the house way off in the distance, and just headed that way.

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At the shootout scene, there are places to climb up and look around. Maybe he could see a road, or a house, or chimney smoke in the distance. Or like someone else said up-thread, he has been there a few times. Maybe he was familiar with the surroundings.

Wasn't it already laundered through the car wash? Should be clean now!

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If it were all laundered, the cash would actually be gone. That's the point of laundering money, to get cash into the "system" a little bit at a time so you can get it into a bank account, report it on your tax return, pay tax on it, and then spend it. There's absolutely no way they could have laundered $80million through the car wash in a year. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundering_money#Methods

Speaking of the money, it occurred to me that Skyler is a smart cookie. And she knows that Walt's lifestyle is unstable. Assuming she lives through the next two episodes, I would not be surprised if she kept another smaller stash of cash just for herself, just in case Walt, and the cash disappeared.

Speaking of the money, it occurred to me that Skyler is a smart cookie. And she knows that Walt's lifestyle is unstable. Assuming she lives through the next two episodes, I would not be surprised if she kept another smaller stash of cash just for herself, just in case Walt, and the cash disappeared.

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Heh. I like that. Walt dies, thinking that everything is lost, but in actuality and unbeknownst to him he actually did succeed in providing for his family but it was thanks to Skyler's actions, not his own.

If it were all laundered, the cash would actually be gone. That's the point of laundering money, to get cash into the "system" a little bit at a time so you can get it into a bank account, report it on your tax return, pay tax on it, and then spend it. There's absolutely no way they could have laundered $80million through the car wash in a year. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundering_money#Methods

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Shows what I know about being a criminal mastermind!

Oh, quick thought for you... I hope they stamped all those bills for Where's George!

I could see the note now: "I found this bill and many barrels of other bills buried in the desert!"